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AUGUST NEWS News Briefs Wines & Vines welcomes news items from wineries, vineyards and industry suppliers located in the wine regions of North America. Send us your latest news by emailing Andrew Adams at edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. CALIFO R N I A Ownership change at Rotta Winery Rotta Winery in Templeton is now owned by a group comprised of managing partner Jason Shorrock, members of the founding Giubbini family and a private investor. The deal includes the 35acre estate including winery, vineyards and tasting room. Details: rottawinery.com. promotion of Chris Baker from vice president of sales and marketing to the new position of chief operating officer. Details: shannonridge.com. Fehrnstrom named chairman of Wine Institute Chris Fehrnstrom Patrick Sullivan is the new technical director of vineyards and winemaking at Spring Mountain Vineyard winery. He will work with vineyard manager Ron Rosenbrand to manage the winery's 135 vineyard blocks. Details: springmountainvineyard.com. Constellation Br an d s ch ief marketing officer Chris Fehrnstrom is the new chairman of the Wine Institute board of directors. Other new board officers include Carolyn Wente of Wente Family Estates, first vice chairman; Greg Coleman of E. & J. Gallo Winery, second vice chairman; Margie Healy of Korbel Champagne Cellars, treasurer; and Steve Lohr of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines as secretary. Robert P. Koch remains president and CEO. Shannon Ridge purchases historic estate Weintraub joins Adelaida Cellars Henkel joins Crown Point as winemaker Adam Henkel is the new winemaker at Crown Point Vineyards in Santa Ynez. Before joining Crown Point, Henkel worked for eight years as part of the winemaking team at Harlan Estate Winery in Napa Valley. Details: crownpointvineyards.com. Spring Mountain hires technical director Grgich Hills hires associate winemaker Michael Eckstein joined the cellar staff of Grgich Hills Estate as associate winemaker. Eckstein previously was a winemaker at Franciscan Estate winery in Oakville for six years. Shannon Ridge Vineyards & Winery purchased 100 acres of the Ogulin Estate, located in the High Valley AVA of Lake County. The winery also announced the Search Online for CLOSURES Jeremy Weintraub is the new winemaker at Adelaida Cellars in Paso Robles. Weintraub is the former winemaker at Seavey Vineyard in Napa Valley. Tasting Room Focus Analysis, Best Practices & Trends: A newsletter for managers of tasting rooms, wine clubs and DTC wine sales. A monthly email newsletter with the latest: Winery Suppliers Cooperage • xpert advice about tasting E rooms, inside sales, wine clubs, leadership, online marketing and data metrics; Packaging • irect-to-consumer (DtC) D and wine flash sales analysis; Tasting Rooms • Featured tasting room suppliers. Winery Equipment July features Winery Services Common brand fumbles in the tasting room Follow-up after the sale Winery Supplies July advertisers ONLINE SEARCH W W W. W I N E S A N D V I N E S B U Y E R S G U I D E . C O M 20 W in es & V i ne s AU G U ST 20 13 Left Coast Oils Wine Country Lifestyle SMI Promotional Merchandise Sign up today! Email trf@winesandvines.com Or visit winesandvines.com/TRF